Roger William JEPSEN

(1928- )

Senate Years of Service:

1979-1985

Party:

Republican

JEPSEN, Roger William, a
Senator from Iowa; born in Cedar Falls, Black Hawk County, Iowa,
December 23, 1928; attended the public schools; attended the
University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls; graduated from Arizona
State University, Tempe, Ariz., in 1950, and received a
master’s degree from the same university in 1953; paratrooper
in the United States Army 1946-1947; United States Army Reserve
1948-1960; active in farming and the insurance and health care
businesses; Scott County Supervisor 1962-1965; Iowa State senator
1966-1968; lieutenant governor of Iowa 1968-1972; elected as a
Republican to the United States Senate, November 7, 1978, and
served from January 3, 1979, to January 3, 1985; unsuccessful
candidate for reelection; co-chairman, Joint Economic Committee
(Ninety-eighth Congress); chairman, National Credit Union
Administration; is a resident of Alexandria, Va.

Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present